netdev - [PATCH V6 3/8] Drivers: hv: vmbus: vmbus_sendpacket_ctl: hvsock: avoid unnecessary signaling

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Message-Id: <1453801470-3331-1-git-send-email-decui@microsoft.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:44:30 -0800
From:	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de,
	apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com, kys@...rosoft.com,
	vkuznets@...hat.com
Cc:	pebolle@...cali.nl, stefanha@...hat.com, dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH V6 3/8] Drivers: hv: vmbus: vmbus_sendpacket_ctl: hvsock: avoid unnecessary signaling

When the hvsock channel's outbound ringbuffer is full (i.e.,
hv_ringbuffer_write() returns -EAGAIN), we should avoid the unnecessary
signaling the host.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/channel.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index 1161d68..3f04533 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ int vmbus_sendpacket_ctl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void *buffer,
 	 * If we cannot write to the ring-buffer; signal the host
 	 * even if we may not have written anything. This is a rare
 	 * enough condition that it should not matter.
+	 * NOTE: in this case, the hvsock channel is an exception, because
+	 * it looks the host side's hvsock implementation has a throttling
+	 * mechanism which can hurt the performance otherwise.
 	 */
 
 	if (channel->signal_policy)
@@ -666,7 +669,8 @@ int vmbus_sendpacket_ctl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void *buffer,
 	else
 		kick_q = true;
 
-	if (((ret == 0) && kick_q && signal) || (ret))
+	if (((ret == 0) && kick_q && signal) ||
+	    (ret && !is_hvsock_channel(channel)))
 		vmbus_setevent(channel);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.1.0